Monday, 11 January 2016

Coffins / Butcher ABC Split EP

COFFINS / BUTCHER ABC Split (OBLITERATION Records - 7"EP 2015)

An alliance between two
Japanese crews – Coffins and Butcher ABC, this is what this 7”EP is all about. Usually
I’m not much into Japanese scene, but there are very few exceptions, like
Anatomia and Coffins. And this is why I bought this EP, as Coffins are just
really cool band to listen to, so why not adding a nice split to the
collection? Yes!

Coffins play this Neanderthal
death metal that most of you will find as too sludgy, too filthy, too noisy and
not entertaining enough. They don’t show off with ultra technical riffage or
drumming, the music is simple doomy death stuff, the vocals are just disgusting
and the overall aura is rather creepy and it stinks like some putrid shit mixed
with vomit. But of corpse Coffins have their fans and people, who dig their
stuff a lot. I also like some of their albums, that similarity to bands like
Autopsy, Anatomia, Cianide, Repulsion and so on is undisputable and much
welcomed. “Reborn Pt.2” is maybe not the most exiting song I’ve ever heard from
them, but it’s fun to listen to and surely a solid and worthy slab of filth.
I’m surely not disappointed with those Japanese sickos!

Side B is Butcher ABC, who I
only know from their split CD with General Surgery. Well, maybe it’s time to
catch up with them and get some more stuff, even though they still didn’t come
up with a full length album, but only with a bunch of splits and EPs… but damn,
“House of Meats” is killer song, I like it even more than Coffins’ track. They
play a fantastic style of old school death metal mixed with some grind core,
there’s a small Swedish influence (General Surgery, Unleashed, etc), plus the
fuckin Autopsy again or whatever, who cares?!… “House of Meats” is so sweet,
heavy and obscure, the riffs are excellent (sometimes doomy, sometimes death
metal or grinding, sometimes punk), performance is awesome… all about this song
is just great, I like it fully, also the production, which is raw, but so
proper for this sort of music. So, Butcher ABC wins on this split, but both
Japanese bands are really recommended.